Originally Posted by Plane Ramrod

Good plan, won't work. What they lose on transition is peanuts next to the wage increases necessary to ratify a TA. To borrow from Vinny Gambini, THERE IS NO WAY, THIS IS NOT GOING TO RELEASE.

Over the next few years you'll hear the NC talking about finessing the mediator (once we get THAT far) to show good faith bargaining. I wouldn't get too jazzed up until the proffer of arbitration gets shot down, then you'll be a couple months away. The goal right now should be to get into mediation as quickly as possible, with the intent of getting out of mediation as quickly as possible. Anything prior to release is a company delay tactic - they will make more money every day they can keep us on this CBA. Once released and in the 30 day cooling off period, THEN the real negotiations begin. After a couple short extensions of the deadline you will see a TA and badda bing... you get C2020.